Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles

Infobox actor
name = Peter Bowles


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birthname = Peter Bowles
birthdate = birth date and age|1936|10|16|df=yes
birthplace = London, England
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occupation = Actor

Peter Bowles (born 16 October 1936) is an English actor.

Bowles was born in London, England, the son of SarahJane (née Harrison) and Herbert Reginald Bowles. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/46/Peter-Bowles.html Peter Bowles Biography (1936-) ] ] He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including "Only When I Laugh", "To the Manor Born", "The Irish R.M.", "The Bounder", and "Perfect Scoundrels". Bowles also appeared as a regular in the first few series of "Rumpole of the Bailey" as Guthrie Featherstone, QC, MP, Horace Rumpole's social-climbing head of chambers. In later seasons the character became a judge and left Rumpole's chambers, but a disgruntled Rumpole still found himself appearing occasionally before Mr Justice Featherstone, usually once per season. In 1966 he co-starred with Vivian Pickles in the BBC TV film "Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World" directed by Ken Russell. He later co-starred with Penelope Keith in the mid-80's BAFTA-award winning "Executive Stress" on ITV.

Bowles also played the smarmy Meres in the spin off movie of the Thames Television series "Callan", the agent known as 'A' in "The Prisoner" episode "A. B. and C.", and the alien Balor in the "" episode "End of Eternity". He also appeared as Carolyn Seymour's husband in the first episode of "Survivors"; and in four episodes of "The Avengers".

He continues to work regularly in theatre, including London's West End. While appearing at the Chichester Festival Theatre in "The Waltz of the Toreadors" [ "Sunday Telegraph" 1 July, 2007, No. 2403, Arts section (Seven) p. 42: "Bowles gives what might be the greatest performance of his distinguished career"] in June 2007 he forgot his lines, ["The News" (Portsmouth), Saturday 30th June, 2007: "Star fluffs his lines and turns his exit into a real show-stopper": Siôn Donovan] finally walking off stage mumbling "I'm going to put the cat out."

It was recently announced that he would have a role in "Sweeney Todd (2007 film)" as a ballad soloist and one of Todd's murder victims. However, when Tim Burton omitted the chorus numbers, his character, as well as the characters of 7 other actors, were dropped from the film. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/05/13/dp1301.xml#head7 Queen makes Blair an offer that he can refuse - Telegraph ] ]

Partial Filmography

* "Wings of Death" (1961)
* "The Informers" (1963)
* "Three Hats for Lisa" (1965)
* "Blowup" (1966)
* "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1968)
* "The Assassination Bureau" (1969)
* "Laughter in the Dark" (1969)
* "Eyewitness" (1970)
* "The Offence" (1972)
* "For the Love of Benji" (1977)
* "The Disappearance" (1977)
* "Try This One for Size" (1989)
* "The Steal" (1995)
* "Tumbled" (1999)
* "Ballet Shoes" (2007)
* "Freebird" (2008)
* "The Bank Job" (2008)

References

External links

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